A commentary or, exposition upon the divine second epistle general, writtenA commentary or, exposition vpon the diuine second epistle generall, written

Pleasure is not gone, when sin is gone: it is not Isaac which is sacrificed, th• is,¹ our Laughter and mirth; but the Ram, that is, the brutishness of it. Yea, • there let us count it our chiefest delight, that we have lost our former delight. Because our fore-fathers sate uncontrollably at the Pot; and had Priests without […] virtue, than to take up differences at the Ale-house; were those the better ti••• But then, say they, was more plenty of all things, to demonstrate that God loved […] Corn was cheap, and men were charitable, they kept good houses: and well s•• the Religion that made us fare so well. Deo gratias, qui nos satias, &c. As if God had no better blessings in store for us, than Acorns. This was the argument of t• apostate Jews,^y We had plenty of victuals, and were well, when we burnt in•••• the Queen of heaven: But since we ceased that sacrifice, we have wanted all things. Part of their reasons strength they fetch from Antiquity, Thus did our Fathers: […] from their own prosperity, Thus sped we. But how easily doth the Prophet […] and dissolve this ridiculous Sophistry!³ Therefore, for this cause, is your Land a •• lation, and a curse without an inhabitant. Did this bring you a blessing? No, […] a curse and ruin. Our Fathers bestowed their Cakes on the Queen of Hea••, but did not the King of Heaven plague them for it? Say he fed their bodies w•• Quails, did he not put leanness into their souls? Shall we call Nabals Sheep-•• ring a blessing? All their superstitious peace was no better than the very Revels of Bacchus, and an holy-day to the Devil. Shall we seek Christ no further than amo•• the^a